well, bugger me...<br><br>but question is can you use LVM for root volumes /<br><br>would be an interesting howto for ubuntu, <br><br>I just though of another way.<br><br>connect use storage device (GB)<br><br>boot a knoppix type distro<br><br>dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/usbkey/mybackup<br><br>reboot into ubuntu<br><br>apt-get update<br>apt-get dist-upgrade<br><br>reboot..<br><br>does it work? yeah!! keep it..<br><br>total failure<br><br>boot knoppix<br><br>dd if=/mnt/usbkey/mybackup of=/dev/hda<br><br>comments!<br><br><br><br><br><b><i>Andrew Clayton <andrew@digital-domain.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 00:21:59 +0100, Digit (SG) wrote:<br><br>> "it a shame you can't check point the file system, and the roll it<br>> all back if it goes tits up."<br>> <br>> u can cant
you?<br><br>http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshotintro.html<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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